Which Learning Theorist Is Responsible for the Discovery of Conditioned

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Multiple Choice

Which learning theorist is responsible for the discovery of conditioned taste aversions based on his work giving sweetened liquid to rats and then inducing nausea in them?

• A) Seligman
• B) Garcia
• C) Skinner
• D) Watson

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Definitions:

Positive Reinforcement

A process in operant conditioning that increases the likelihood of a behavior by following it with a desirable outcome or reward.

Positive Punishment

Increasing the likelihood of reducing a behavior by adding an unfavorable outcome or event following the behavior.

Natural Consequences

Punishments enacted naturally as a consequence of the negative behavior.

Time-Out

A behavioral intervention technique where an individual is temporarily removed from an environment to decrease undesirable behaviors.